2TK fork oil

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Harveyb
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2TK fork oil

Post by Harveyb » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:45 pm

Can anyone tell me how much oil should be in each fork leg on a 2TK and what grade is reccomended.

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Re: 2TK fork oil

Post by hipringle » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:34 pm

To stiffen up the front end a little, change the oil and replace with 15wt to a level of 100mm (no springs in when measuring). If still not stiff enough, reduce to 90mm.

Standard oil is 10w.

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Re: 2TK fork oil

Post by Harveyb » Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:24 pm

Cheers, put 15wt oil in to 100mm, seemed to stiffen things up a bit.
Unfortunately one of the fork tops was completely seized up and it got very chewed up by the time I'd got it out. £50 for a new one and a month to wait for delivery. Ouch!! :cry:

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